Hon. Monjowa Lifaka: CPA Chairperson For Next Three Years

The Deputy Speaker of Cameroon’s National Assembly was elected on November 7, 2017
 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Cameroon has once more scored a significant international success and recognition  as the Deputy Speaker of  the  country’s National Assembly, Hon. Emilia Monjowa Lifaka was elected the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) International Executive Committee for the next three years. This was during the 63rd CPA General Assembly that held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 7, 2017.
She had a landslide victory scoring 1 votes  against 70 votes for the Right Honourable Niki Rattlen Speaker of the Cooks Island  and 15 votes for the Right Honourable Shirley Osborne, Speaker of Montserrat. Hon. Lifaka succeeds the outgoing CPA President and Chairperson of the CPA International Executive Committee, Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP and Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh.
The rise of the Hon. Monjowa Lifaka to the position of CPA Chairperson is not a surprise.  She has been engaged in CPA since 2007, attending regional and international meetings. She held the position of the Vice Chairperson  of the CPA Executive...